posted 08 August 1998 11:53 PM               

Miguel Guerra
wrote:
I have been asked by a friend, teacher in a private university, if I know any school, college or university, with a ISO 9000 certification. Since I don't know none, I pose the question to you all.

Also, How should such a institution approach ISO9000?

Miguel:

The Moore Norman Vo-Teck school in Norman, Oklahoma is registered. Also, several TAFE (equivalent to our junior colleges) in Australia are registred along with about a dozen universities in U.K. I had heard that the Lancaster, PA school district has been working toward registration, but am unable to confirm that info.

In August 1996, ISO published the Guideline Z1.11 for Training and Edcuation. It is available from ASQ (1-800-248-1946). Ask for item T-74. The writing committee did an excellent job of suggesting how a training and education organization can apply each section of the standard to their organization.

Hope this helps

Russ

posted 04 July 2000 01:49 PM               

From: [email protected]

<< From: Jim Mackenzie [email protected]
<< Does anyone have any information on secondary schools who are
<< registered to ISO 9000? Are there any sample quality manuals available? Any help
<< would be appreciated.

Jim:

There is an article in the June 2000 Quality System Update that discusses secondary schools that became ISO registered. According to that article, Lancaster School District in Pennsylvania became certified as a district. Eastern Michigan University (I realize that is post secondary) is also ISO 9002 certified, according to this story. You might try contacting the Lancaster School District. The thrust of the article featured a school in Canada, Lajeunesse Secondary School, in Ontario that achieved ISO 9001 certification.

Don't know if this helps you, but it caught my eye after reading of your interest in such cases.

posted 04 July 2000 01:52 PM               

From: Curtis Ricketts [email protected]

I have read that the Jefferson County, CO school system (Columbine) was recently registered. Their registration covers 144 schools. They employ over 10,000 and have close to 90,000 students in their district. They are the largest district to hold registration in the US. (Quality Systems Update - Nov. '99)

A year or so ago, the Lancaster PA school system was registered and you might want to contact Bryce Carson at www.qualityparadigms.com about them. In his previous life (he is now a consultant) he was the registrar auditor on the Lancaster registration.

Regards,